When the Fed tells banks
No dividends and no buyback
Fed is telling us
When the printing stops or slows down
Banks will need massive amounts of reserves for loan defaults
The economy is in big trouble. if banks have a problem so does the economy
By now we have enough evidence to know this virus is not going away
By now we know the best we can hope for is better ways to help sick people with better drugs
We now know a vaccine is no closer than any time previous
We have enough evidence to know the cities, states etc will not fully re-open any time soon
We now know people will not be allowed to work and earn money
We now know huge numbers of small business will never recover
Since small business employees a majority of jobs, we now know unemployment will remain high
We now know the only thing keeping the economy afloat is massive stimulus money
The Fed knows that massive amounts of stimulus money has consequences
We now know that if people are allowed to work the economy would benefit greatly. But we now know people will not be allowed to work in any numbers sufficient for recovery
We now know stk markets prices affect a small % of the people
Why do some still think a strong recovery is possible any time soon
IMO a strong recovery is impossible
You need to know this and be prepared for higher cost of living, perhaps from higher local, city and state taxes. Higher Federal taxes if Biden is elected
Tell me why I am wrong
I admit I can be wrong about many things
Wayne: "When the Fed tells banks no dividends"
"Still, the Fed stopped short of barring banks from paying dividends next quarter, as some lawmakers and former regulators have urged..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/business/economy/fed-dividend-buyback-limits.html
That doesn't answer the recovery question
Dividends come from profits
I could be wrong but I think the Fed wanted to stop the banks using stumulus money for dividends and buy backs